The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1887-01-20

the tiil ssa the qa.sisos 10 simply ors Of
upeaseufr Secsior morrill, voted against
The oosie,eDos report ssa bdmnnds
isr i. though The latter issorei motion
10 recoumit the hiil 10 the conferences
oomsSi,ies ior smeadmspi He ws eva
IDENTITY not ss,snod With the report bot
decided tibet J, ~ss The l.~si measure thai
could 10 got ihrossh 81 this session snd
better then 90 tiii IT all
Ysrt les Ses Eaglssd ttaaioia sossd
ior Il. ibs .appost coming largely from
The Wat, isai IL ils provisions are carried
out il sHi h~asiii Eastern issuess Of tie
sIpsn.s u the Western
The sifuas s'.ament against pooling Is
ibs i.si ibss ons sosernmsnt cannoi cou.
troll ,l,s iifsa,s Ttaus aud Canadian Pacific
line. sLirb W iesily competitors 9Th
our sfsI taaA lia for much Of The
Weston ~ ,-bt, there 10 nothing
10 p'srst i..sir 81. yial ], iog saoa rates
~ tar, gass,-r, .he~pi by pooling with
,hea
The short haul SECTION would also work
10 favor Of tie C.ssdisa roads. The great
sfsua.rni sssiDst this section 10. that each
road he, 10 dep.nd primarily on its
local LusiHrss Tor iii support
by c.it, 80 through freight. or
fright TO eg,npeiius points for slio~ rate
IT is 10 tbs advantage Of the road. proyid-
ing il ssA,. something on 1t. and IL 10
the ls..i ,ste g., ,hst freight that eau lie
obtained II 10 i~ttei for the road 10
make . small profit oa IL than not 10 car
~ 1t at ell. .hd better for the local traffic
10 the long run, No IT helps pay the eI'
penses of the rosd aud by that means real
y lessons the price Of local frelghts.
senator STAFFORD. OF California, stated
this point very clearly 10 bis speech before
the Senate. He said: The Southern
Pacific road strikes the Atlantic waters at
much less distance than any Of its more
northern competitors. II has line OF
easy gradients comparatively, and IT com
pe,es not only with it's northern rivals, but
more particularly with the Cape Horn and
Istbmus Of Panama routes, because Of its
shorter line aud easy gradients. In this
competition il often takes freight between
the two oceans a. low as $40, while 1t
takes freight half way for, say $50 4 ton,
most reasonable rate for the limited local
business Of that country. Now, il it only
makes dollar net on the freight from
Sac Francisco to New Orleans st $40. it is
glad TO make that one dollar where it can
get no more; but ton Of freight going to
III Paso, something over bali the distance,
will pay $50 = ton. Now, il the freight at
$40 to New Orleans pave 81 profit, the
freight going less distance, to FL Paso,
would pay rs much profit As q tons going
through to New Orleans, and the rates
charged to FL Psso are but fair, as is
shown by the gross esrnins and the gross
expenses OF the road, leaving but . very
narrow net profit
The shorter distance is not charged any
more because OF the less rate for the long
er distance. Indeed, the longer distance
helps the railroad company to maintain
itself, while without that help, perhaps,
il could not do the shorter distance ut all.
Is this congress prepared to say that small
earnings shall bs despised, that they shall
not be secured when greater cannot be
hsd2 Are they pr, pared to deny TO indi-
yiduai shippers sud communities the ben [
eft If their more favorable location,
whether made 50 because OF geography
and Typography Of the country, or by arti.
fetal means? 1t is the misfortune OF some
places not to be 30 we'll located, and not
the fault OF the more favorable places,
that nature or art has given them superior
1t SENS to me that congress
might As well deny the shipper the right
to avail himself OF these natural or srtifi O.
al advantages M TO deny to the railroad
he right to avail itself Of opportunities to
meet competition.
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